The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-05-19

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When the disaster happened, lady said:
''My great anxiety is that French sailors
get excited and lose their heads" but the
result shows that French sailors are splen-
did seamen. l am convinced that their
GOODNESS and discipline cannot be surpassed.
The New York Financial Chronicle says
that Messrs. Morton, Rose Il Co, OF Lon.
don are re ceiving applications for So. ooo.
900, part ofan authorized issue of$9, 800,
900 first mortgage per cent bonds oil the
Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie 4 Atlantic
Railway company, at the price OF ESQ
per 81 900 bond.
The most destructive fire that northern
New Hampshire has ever known occurred
at Lebanon the 10th. 1t broke out in
Mead, Mason & Co.'S furniture factory.
The adjoining buildings. also occupied by
Mead, Mason Il Co.. built OF wood, and
filled with inhamable matter, were soon
destroyed. The fire worked southerly,
burning everything in that direction. The
loss is $500, 900, with insurance of S11O.
900.
The exchange Of verbal assurances OF
peace between the German representatives
and the French minister OF foreign aifai irs.
does not effect the belief in official circles
that war cannot be long averted. The situ-
alton in Alsace-I Lorraine increases the
difficulty daily. The frontier posts on
each side have ceased to exchange courte-
sizes and act as il war might break out any
minute. The police force in Alsace Lor-
raine has been strengthened and a special
departm mt watches for French malcon-
tents Under this system expusions are
increasing.
Pensions granted: Minnesota. n.
Kelley, Bloomington; C. Wallace, Blue
Earth City; j. w. w. Poison, Hancock.
Increase-C. L. Webber, Walnut Grove; D..
Paul, Etna; A. Gardner. Window; l.. Hall,
Green Prairie; G. Hadden, Auburn; W. II.
Helsper, Freeport. Dakota-E. A. Kent,
kulncss Increase-A. L. Thayer, Freder-
ick; G. Sandberg. Odell; j. Meyer, Colfax;
l.. f. Wood Springfield. Postmasters
Commissioned New Salem, l..
Z. Nohl.
James G. Blaine has purchased from
Thos H. Sherman, for 81, 500 piece oi
property on Meridian Hill, fronting 10
feet on Sixteenth street and $50 feet on
Huron street.
Col. Dick Bright, the well known ex-ser-
geant-at- arms OF the United States senate,
is doing IL very profitable law business in
| New York city.
| The total number OF persons konwn tc
| have persisted in the mine disaster al
| Nanaimo, B. c., is 169, OF whom 50 were
| Chinese and 1O7 whites. More than hall
| OF the white men leave families. The
! dominion government is to be asked by
! the members from British Columbia for Il
! grant towards relieving the wives and fam
| lilies OF the miners killed.
James w. Hyatt Of Connecticut may
possibly succeed Treasurer Jordan.
| The mystery surrounding the shooting o
| Mrs TarbelI near Elkhorn, Wis. has been
| cleared up by the confession OF Tarbell
who broke down completely while in lal
and made a clean breast OF the crime
He say she deliberately shot his wife il
| the head.
The number OF victims at Nanaimo, B
| c., is placed at 1S9.
! At Highmore, Oak, Anders Olsen, &
Norwegian farmer, was jailed on charg
OF poisoning his wife, who was found deat
in bed.
T. J. Potter began his railroad career a
station agent at Abba, Iowa, at a salar,
OF $50 month. When he resigned iron
the Burlington he was in receipt OF 50. oO'
month, and on the Union Pacific will re
ceive the highest salary OF any genera
manager in the United States. Per contra
q certain Chicago railway official, who tiv'
years ago was receiving IL salary OF SO. O0'
| q year. three months ago accepted plac
in a railway office at Chicago at 500 I
| month.
Paul Grottkau, the anarchist, who mad
incendiary speeches at Milwaukee Gardel
last May was sentenced to one year a
hard labor in the house OF correction b.
Judge Sloan. Grottkau will be held at tn
county Jail for week in order to allo,
his attorney to appeal to the suprem
court for new trial on writ OF error. a
the end OF that time he will be taken t.
the house OF correction if the supreme cour
does not grant stay OF proceedings.
The controller OF the currency authoriz
ed the Western National Bank OF the Cit
OF New York to begin business with capi
tai OF S3, 800, 600. The officers are: Dan
iel Manning, president, and Ferdinan'
| Blankinham, cashier.
John Flynn OF Marquette has been shu
up in house for twenty years.
All four OF the McCoys who killed Dl
| Northrup at Haverhill Ohio, have bee
indicted for murder in the first degree.
Large forest fires are raging on the lin
OF the South Shore railroad. In Michigan
great damage is feared. A very dry an
strong wind prevails. Rock River villag
is menaced with destruction. Thousand
Of cords OF wood have been destroyed.
The convention OF the Reading employ
es, representing fifty Knights OF Labor az
sembles between Philadelphia and tn
coal regions, refused to endorse the strik
in the coal regions proposed by the Miner
and Laborers' Amaigamated association
At Omaha, Neb, William A. Holdschn
der OF Harlan, Iowa, was found dead i
bed with his throat cut: He lett a not
stating the cause oi suicide to be that
was driven from home by his wife, VIII
took up with another man.
Doh r,Sfh ho Rolf A. Obi
railroad company, is the most elegantl
dressed man in that corporation.
Col. George Waring OF Newport, r. !. ,ha
gone to San Diego, CAL, to take charge
the costly system OF city improvement
there.
Postoffice discontinued: Wisconsin Maj
itowoc Rapids, Manitowoc county. Pos
masters commissioned Minnesota Ne
Rome, G. Knapp. Fourth-class pos
masters Observation-Disclosures Be
Slough, G. Scott; Belleville, A. Peterson
Camp Lake, J. II. McNey; Cochrane. j. Rol
rer; Kolb, P. Kolb; Manning J. Benson; Po
kin, C. Larson; Whitley, H. W. Eldridge; Bo
Creek, A. Muller; Bridgeport, ). F. smt
City Point. D. NJ. King; Houlton, A. Leru
Lodi, J. Mills; Leland, F. C. Klipsteil
Reeve, +. Z. Ziegiohour; Silver Spring,
! Hammer, Sr.; Stark W. Warn.
, Up to this time A railroad compani,
have filed with the interstate commert
commission formal petitions asking to
relieved from section of the law. PRO-
) ably as many more have been receive
, and returned for furture information.
much larger number has been received fro
/ trade organizations, private corporation
+ and individuals, protesting against tt
/ suspension OF section it particular case
The queen received at Buckingham pala
l the corporation OF London. which callt
by appointment to present a jubilee a
dress on behalf OF the city. In respons
the queen, after giving thanks, said:
gives me great satisfaction to recall no
much OF the prosperity OF my reign is o,
ing under God, to the sound sense az
, feeling OF my subiects-the sympathy uni
ing throne and prople. trust this cordi
!, sympathy may remain unbroken.
Samuel II .Nicols, ex-clerk OF the Supren
court of st. Paul. has arrived at Gre'
. Falls, Montana, to act as secretary III
treasurer OF the townsits company. Pa
t ties who have handled 2, 900 horses late
2 report no loss on the ranges from the Z
: we're winter. Wheat sown on bench lam